00:00The impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte has already been transmitted to the Senate.
00:05Details of the national news of Daniel Manalastas live. Daniel.
00:12Joshua, we are waiting for the possible events here in the Senate,
00:16including the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:21And at 5 p.m. yesterday,
00:23House Secretary General Reginald Velasco came to the Senate to transmit the articles of impeachment.
00:31Velasco brought a thick copy of the complaint,
00:35where the list of signatures in the impeachment and the entire complaint is included.
00:40They also brought the list of prosecutors and it is now up to the Senate.
00:46Here is his statement.
00:49It depends on the Senate. We will respect whatever decision they have.
00:54But it is their constitutional duty to act on this.
00:59They can convene a court even during the break,
01:04because this is a non-legislative function of the Senate.
01:11Joshua Batipid, some senators commented on the impeachment against VP Sara.
01:16Senator Joel Villanueva said that it is not possible to predict what will happen,
01:21but they are ready to do their mandate.
01:24This is the last day of the session before the campaign.
01:28It is like the Hato Lambayan 2025.
01:31So the big question now, Joshua, is how will the next processes be done?
01:35Now, all senators are doing it.
01:37The action of the plenary is needed.
01:41We will do everything.
01:44Even the declaration of the senators sitting as an impeachment court,
01:51a plenary action is needed.
01:53Again, it is the plenary action that would give us the go signal that we can...
01:59When we have a break, even just committee hearings,
02:03you need to mention in the plenary that this is authorized by each member of the Senate.
02:14Joshua, before the impeachment was transmitted here,
02:17Senate President Francis Espodero said that the Senate is not ready for any impeachment.
02:23They do not assume, except if everything is true.
02:27But Joshua, this happened before the impeachment of VP Sarasang.
02:33Joshua, they are waiting for the action of the Senate plenary because it is the last day.
02:41The process will be long because the impeachment rules are still being discussed,
02:50and the plenary action is still needed before the impeachment court is convened.
02:56Meanwhile, Joshua, before I go,
02:58the latest news is that Senate Secretary Renato Bantug
03:05received the articles of impeachment against VP Sara Duterte.
03:11Joshua.
03:13Thank you very much, Daniel Manalastas.
